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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71 Nos. 1-3 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2007 ] "The Naxos recordings by the Kodály Quartet are outstanding in every way and would be highly recommendable even without their considerable price advantage. The performances are superbly shaped, naturally paced and alive; the playing is cultivated,... |
HENRYK GORECKI
Gorecki: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 7/May/1993 ] "excellent performances by the Kronos Quartet" (Gramophone) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 / Sonata for two violins Pavel Haas Quartet [ Supraphon / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "Of the small clutch of "classic" performances of the component pieces, none is more usefully programmed than the present disc, nor so naturally recorded. Why hesitate?" Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine, March 2010 |
BEETHOVEN
String Quartets Vol 5: Op 59 No 2 'Razumovsky', Op 74 'Harp' Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2001 ] One of the best collections of the quartets |
GLORIA COATES
Coates: String Quartets Nos 1, 5 & 6 Kreutzer Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 26/May/2002 ] ***** Five Stars (BBC Music Magazine) June 2002 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets Vol. 2 Nos 3 & 4 Leipziger Streichquartett [ MDG Gold / CD - released 7/Oct/2007 ] Building a Library First Choice - October 2005 |
MENDELSSOHN
String Quartets Vol. 3 Op. 44, 3, Op. 80 Leipziger Streichquartett [ MDG / CD - released 19/Oct/2003 ] "The Leipzig, combining an impassioned sweep with expressive warmth and subtlety, would now be my first choice." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04) |
JANACEK / HAAS
String Quartets (Vol 2) Pavel Haas Quartet [ Supraphon / CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Chamber Recording - "In the hands of the Pavel Haas Quartet Janácek's own powerfully emotive First Quartet positively glows... This is a superb release..." (Gramophone) |